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From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: ImageWriter I
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Date: 20 Dec 89 01:32:01 GMT
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In article <1790@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM 
(Michael A. Pasek) writes:

[I wrote]
> >I'm afraid it's impossible as the ImageWriter I has only a serial 
> >interface.  To be on AppleTalk, a device has to have hardware and 
> >software designed for that purpose.

> What David failed to codify in his "impossible" reply is that it is 
> impossible USING APPLE-SUPPLIED HARDWARE/SOFTWARE.  However, this should
> be possible using the Shiva NetSerial (from what I've read about it
> -- I've never even SEEN a real live one).

Well, sure.  I kinda thought the original poster was asking whether it 
could be done with just the equipment he mentioned, an ImageWriter I and 
an AppleTalk net.  Sorry if I misunderstood.

> For a company that expects third-party developers to provide most of
> what the user community wants (and sometimes appears to use that
> statement as a way to get out of explaining why they don't provide it),
> they sure don't do much to promote those third-party developers......

I decline to have all this shit hung on me.  I'm a programmer doing some 
research, who previously worked on printing, and I try to give people a 
few facts when they need them.  My job doesn't include deciding what 
should be developed by third parties or what should be developed by Apple. 
 But since you brought it up, would you rather have Apple build a device 
to connect the (discontinued for years) ImageWriter I to a network, thus 
wiping out third parties who supply such things, or would you rather Apple 
"promoted" those third parties?  From your post, you seem to want both.

David Casseres

Exclaimer:  Hey!